BALTIMORE- Facing a mid-year reduction of $60 million in city revenues, the city's plans to immediately reduce spending include employee layoffs, proposed furloughs for all city employees, and cuts to the city take-home fleet, according to a Sept. 23 city statement.

The furloughs would impose unpaid leave on employees, including all full-time, part-time, temporary and contractual City employees as well as employees from quasi-public agencies including Baltimore Development Corporation, Parking Authority of Baltimore City, and Office of Promotion and the Arts. The plan will be effective October 5, 2009 through June 30, 2010.

The Baltimore Sunreported the City planned to lay off 27 employees and contract workers.

The layoffs would reduce the city's budget by $787,000 and are just a small part of the $12.9 million that Dixon has asked agency chiefs to cut from their spending plans, according to the Sun.

Police officials would trim $1.7 million from the department's $353 million budget, including firing seven contract workers. They already have reduced overtime and recalled 37 take-home cars, leaving the department with 112 vehicles for officers to use. Eliminating those take-home cars is expected to save $23,000, the Sun reported.